Southampton ace linked with Leeds United transfer wins fitness battle for play-off final

Southampton are confident Che Adams, who has been heavily linked with a summer move to Leeds United, will be involved in next weekend’s Championship play-off final. The Scotland international missed both legs of the play-off semi-final against West Bromwich Albion after picking up a calf problem against the Whites earlier this month.

Asked if the striker, who is out of contract this summer, will be fit enough to feature at Wembley on May 26 when Saints face United for a Premier League place, Martin said: “Yes. , he will be, surely He will be involved.

“For him, the risk outweighed the reward in the end because he still felt something. Fair play to him, he said he would try. He said: “If you need me, I’ll leave you 10 minutes free. bank, 15 minutes or whatever. He will be prepared in a certain capacity for the final”.

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Despite being unable to call on 16-goal striker Adams, Martin’s side proved too strong for WBA. They won 3-1 on aggregate to set up a clash with United.

Martin also confirmed that Ross Stewart will be in his thoughts for the show’s finale. Stewart, a big-money signing from Sunderland last summer, has been out for most of the season through injury.

“That’s good,” Martin said. “He took a knock in the first leg but he took part in training and was only going to be used tonight if we really needed him.

“We really expect him to be fully fit and recovered in time for the final as well. They could be two very big options for us.”